Falling into a trap
The old lady was dead. Except for a few people, everyone else thought so. Many people saw her fall with her head broken and bleeding. No one thought it was just a doll! Not even Yan Mingchi noticed.
In order to make the show more dramatic, Jingming also held a simple funeral for the old lady. Zhuang Youya also attended, but still did not notice any clues. It seemed that she was completely fooled by the acting skills of Jingming, Xu Rongxuan and others.
The trial was over, but the result was tragic. Jing Ming was certain that Zhuang Youya was no longer the same Zhuang Youya! The real Zhuang Youya, that poor child, had disappeared! The current Zhuang Youya was Yan Mingchi!
But even if they knew she was Yan Mingchi, there was no way to deal with her for the time being! The group held a meeting in secret, but no one could come up with a good idea! For now, they could only be on guard to avoid being persecuted by her again!
There were cries coming from Jingming's office. Yue Lanxiu's affairs still could not be hidden from his mother Yue Lanhuan.
"Don't worry, he is out of danger now and will wake up soon! I promise you! You should know that I will not say anything nonsense if I am not sure!" Jing Ming tried his best to comfort her. She was not only the mother of his apprentice, but also his deceased good friend, the person entrusted to him by Yue Lanxiu's biological father, and they had been friends for decades.
"Really? I believe you wouldn't lie to me, but why isn't he awake yet?!"
"He will definitely wake up within this week! Believe me!" Jing Ming patted his chest and promised.
"Madam, don't worry, Mr. Jingming is here! Young Master Xiu will definitely wake up! He hates to see you sad and crying the most, how can he bear to abandon you! You must believe in Mr. Jingming and your own son! In short, I believe there is no difficulty that the young master can't overcome!" Uncle Zhong always stayed by her side.
"Yes! A fortune teller once said that although he would have many misfortunes in his youth, he would get through it! He wouldn't be like his father!" Yue Lanhuan's mood calmed down a little, and his eyes were attracted by a photo on the coffee table.
This was something Jingming had just been thinking about, and he had forgotten to put it away. Seeing that she seemed to know the person in the photo, he couldn't help but ask, "Do you know this person?"
Yue Lanhuan nodded slightly, "He looks familiar, I think I've seen him somewhere."
"Oh? Please think about it carefully!" These data were edited for him. "The person in the photo is called Lin Yu. Do you have any impression of him?"
Yue Lanhuan shook her head. She was not familiar with the name, but she had definitely seen this face somewhere.
Jingming didn't disturb her and let her think slowly.
After a while, she suddenly understood and said, "I remember now, he is Fu You's subordinate!"
"Fu You's subordinates? Are you sure?" This was something Jing Ming had not expected. Was this the Fu You he was thinking of?
"Once, I was out for a trip with Fu You and his wife, and we were attacked. It was this man who came to our rescue. Seeing how obedient he was to Fu You, I guess he must be one of Fu You's subordinates! I was impressed by him because he bandaged my hand when it was injured. Although he is good at fighting, he is surprisingly gentle and polite."
With Yue Lanhuan's beauty, even the most rude and barbaric people would become gentle and polite when they see her! This is what Jingming and Uncle Zhong think.
"What happened after that? Did you and him continue to have any further conversations?"
Yue Lanhuan shook her head. "I only saw him that one time, and then I never saw him again. It was as if Fu You didn't even exist by his side. As time went by, I forgot about him."
Jingming probably knew what was going on. Maybe that person was secretly working for Fu You!
So, Lin Yu was most likely Fu You's man! This is truly a shocking revelation...
Yue Lanxiu and Thyme were still in a coma, but Zhuang Youya still visited them every day, and then went to another hospital where Zhuang Yulin was staying. Apart from that, there were no other improper actions.
Just when Jingming thought he would be quiet for a few days, something unexpected happened again!
This was a bolt from the blue for Yue Lanjing!
Someone broke the news that Yue Lanjing's biological father is actually Fu You! He deliberately lurked around Yue Lanhui in order to avenge his real father!
He killed Xia Tianhan, Yue Lanhui, and Li Ao all to avenge his father! It's just that he killed the wrong people, and no one wrongly accused Fu You! Fu You was the mastermind behind the murder of Tang Zhen's family! He conspired with those close to Luosha... The whistleblower spoke with conviction, claiming he had evidence and would make it public once he had compiled it!
The person most affected by this incident was undoubtedly Yue Lanjing, but he also deserved it. He had indeed killed three people! But he didn't think he had killed them by mistake!
"Who is wrongly accusing my father?" Yue Lanjing was at Luosha's bedside at this time. As usual, he would consult his master whenever there was something. Even though the person on the bed had not yet woken up, he was still talking to himself.
He quickly thought of someone! "It's already this late, and I didn't expect him to still be so tiring! It's because Yan Mingchi has ignored him recently! Otherwise, I would have punished him long ago! How could he cause trouble again!"
On second thought, was that person also involved in the murder of his fellow disciples?! Why hadn't he thought of this sooner? That person and Yan Mingchi were originally in the same boat!
There was a knock on the door, and Yue Lanjing said with a serious expression, "Come in."
It was Jingming who opened the door. Yue Lanjing immediately stood up and greeted him respectfully when she saw him.
"There are some things I wanted to tell your master after he wakes up, but I can't estimate how long he will have to lie down!" Jing Ming felt sorry for this, "So, I have to tell you first!"
"Let's sit here and talk." Yue Lanjing pointed to the sofa by the window.
"Okay." The two sat down at a table across from each other. Jing Ming's expression became increasingly serious. "Have you heard of Lin Yu?"
Yue Lanjing was surprised. She hadn't expected him to have found out this much. Without revealing anything, she said, "I know. Secretly, he's Li Ao's subordinate, and he was once ordered to massacre the entire Tang family! Publicly, he's Zhuang Yuling!"
"Yes, Lin Yu is Zhuang Yuling! Did you know he has two masters? Before Li Ao, he had another master?" This point is crucial, but seeing Yue Lanjing's expression as if she didn't know, Jing Ming continued, "That previous master saved him, so he was originally loyal and had been secretly doing things for the other party. He was willing to do anything, even kill people!"
Yue Lanjing studied Jing Ming's expression and said slowly, "Are you trying to tell me that it was his former master, not Li Ao, who asked him to kill the Tang family?"
"Yes! The previous master not only ordered him to poison the entire Tang family, but also ordered him to secretly place the poison in the Li family, attempting to put the blame on Li Ao!" Jing Ming heard these from Zhuang Yulin himself. "Maybe Li Ao was lucky at the time and got to know Yan Mingchi. When he buried the poison in the Li family garden, he was discovered by Yan Mingchi! But they did not alert the enemy, but secretly followed him. The purpose was of course to find out the mastermind behind the scenes!" Zhuang Yulin learned these contents after following Li Ao.
"So have they found the mastermind behind this? Who is it?"
"Of course I found it!" Jing Ming was not in a hurry to expose the true identity of the mastermind. "But Li Ao did not expose the mastermind's crimes. Instead, he let Yan Mingchi bury the poison in Yue Lanhui's garden!" This was inferred. Otherwise, how could we explain why the poison in Li Ao's hand ended up in Yue Lanhui's garden? And Li Ao also had enough motive to frame Yue Lanhui!
"Why did Li Ao do this?"
"Because he hated Yue Lanhui even more than the main messenger! The person he wanted to kill the most was also Yue Lanhui!"
"I didn't know there was such a great hatred between them!" Yue Lanjing said in surprise.
"Yue Lanhui destroyed the marriage between Li Ao and Xiaorou's mother. Don't you know about this? If he hadn't interfered, they would not have divorced, Xiaorou would not have been separated from her father since childhood, her mother would not have died early, and she herself would not have been taken away by Yan Mingchi! All this is a tragedy caused by Yue Lanhui's greed for someone she shouldn't have!" Jingming learned the story about Xiaorou's parents from Yue Lanxiu.
This is why Li Ao wants Yue Lanhui to die!
"It would be too easy for him to have that scum die!" Yue Lanjing now regretted killing Yue Lanhui.
Jingming disagreed, not because he wanted to say anything for Yue Lanhui, but because he felt that Yue Lanjing should not resort to lynching! He was a good young man, but because of hatred, he turned himself into a murderer. It's really not worth it! What a pity!
How to catch him is also a big problem!
Yue Lanjing didn't notice Jingming's thoughts. Xiaorou's matter made him feel guilty and apologetic. He had only just learned about such an important matter now. It should be said that he was now thinking from her perspective. She had been deprived of her father's love since childhood. She had finally found her father, but now he had murdered her... Oh my God, he didn't dare to think about it anymore. He felt that he was really cruel! How could he still have the right to say that he loved her!
Seeing the pain in his eyes, Jingming thought that he might be feeling sorry for Xiaorou, but he hadn't gotten to the point yet, and he was really afraid that he would faint from the pain.
He continued to reveal the truth, "Yue Lanhui is not a pushover either. He has established his own connections in the police force, so when Li Ao anonymously reported to the police that there was a problem in his garden, someone quickly tipped him off, so he was able to dig out the bottle of poison before the main force arrived!" This was learned from the self-narration of Yue Lanhui's lover and confidant.
"Then he chose to put the blame on Fu You, and deliberately let Xia Tianhan expose it! He cleared himself of all responsibility!" Yue Lanjing's eyes became extremely cold again.
"Yes, the situation was very urgent at the time. He was so cunning that he hid the poison in the pocket of Fu You's coat, who was also present at the time! The police searched his house thoroughly, but they never expected it to be in the pocket of an outsider's coat. In this way, Fu You successfully took the poison away from Yue Lan's home!"
Yue Lanjing took a deep breath, unable to bear it any longer.
"But the story didn't end there. Yue Lanhui quickly found an excuse to go to the Fu family, took out the bottle of poison from Fu You's coat, and moved it to the doghouse. That's why Xia Tianhan found the poison in the doghouse!"
"If Fu You had checked his coat pocket earlier, would the consequences have been different?" Yue Lanjing said with a wry smile, "Should I say Yue Lanhui is lucky, or Fu You is unlucky?"
In fact, it was his own fault, retribution in this life! Jing Ming couldn't help but sigh, and continued with a heavy heart: "When Xia Tianhan first discovered the poison, he didn't expose Fu You immediately. He was willing to give him time to prove his innocence! But Yue Lanhui didn't allow it! He hired people to create various accidents for Xia Tianhan and his wife, and even deliberately said in front of them that they might have offended someone, making them think that Fu You hired someone to do it to silence them! Xia Tianhan was angry and exposed him!"
"Yue Lanhui is cunning and inhumane. How can Fu You be his opponent? He was forced into a dead end!" Yue Lanjing turned her face away, not wanting anyone to see her wet eyes.
"It's not a dead end yet. At least for Fu You, he has found a way to save himself!"
Yue Lanjing blinked away the tears in her eyes and turned to look at Jingming when she heard this.
He was clearly surprised by this, and Jingming's eyes began to show a hint of sympathy, which was even more unexpected. The hardest thing to accept was yet to come! "He didn't intend to wait for death. He tried to pin the blame on his loyal subordinates! Luosha used to have a brother named Qingshan. Have you heard of him?"
Yue Lanjing shook his head, looking a little distraught. In his heart, his father had always been an honest and upright man, and the word "putting the blame" should not be used on him.
"It's normal that you haven't heard of it. You were still young at that time, and your fate with Luosha probably had not yet begun. Besides, Qingshan betrayed Luosha, so Luosha naturally wouldn't mention him! There is a secret relationship between Fu You and Qingshan, which means that the two of them don't have much interaction on the surface, but they are colluding in secret!" Jing Ming thought about it again and again, and decided to use the word collusion, even though Yue Lanjing glared at him.
"When something like this happened to Fu You, the first person he thought of was Qingshan. Qingshan was also willing to help him because they were in the same boat at that time and had to help! If Fu You is guilty, he can't get away with it!" I don't know if Yue Lanjing can understand what I said, but judging from his expression, he should be able to understand it. His eyes were almost bursting.
"There was only one way for these two to escape punishment: to shift the blame onto someone else. So, one of them pretended to be one of his subordinates, and the other pretended to be his brother, and filmed a video in the basement of Puppet Villa. The faces of the people in the video weren't shown, as that would have given the whole thing away. Judging only by their clothing and the way they addressed each other, it would have been obvious that they were Luosha and Fu You's subordinate, Lin Yu! Their conversation was about how the stolen treasures were divided after the Tang family was wiped out. However, due to an uneven distribution of the spoils, or perhaps because the rabbit was dead and the dog was cooked, they started killing each other, and in the end, both of them fell to the ground and died!"
Jing Ming took out a USB flash drive from his pocket and handed it to Yue Lanjing. Yue Lanjing took it with a trembling hand. "Filming the video is the first step of their plan. The second step is to kill their subordinates and brothers. The third step is much simpler. Just throw the bodies of the subordinates and brothers into the basement where they filmed the video. This will match the ending of the video! All the charges will be borne by these two dead people! They can successfully get away with it! The person who can come up with this plan is definitely not a good person! I have to say that this plan is perfect, but the implementation process is... But it was not smooth sailing. In the process of killing Luosha, Qingshan underestimated its strength and was killed in return! You can ask your master about this matter, he has personal experience; Fu You sent assassins to kill his subordinates and failed. Fu You never dreamed that Li Ao and Yan Mingchi would save him. He also saw the true face of his master and stood in Li Ao's camp. From then on, Li Ao was his second master! "Speaking of this, Jingming believed that Yue Lanjing should understand that Fu You's subordinate was the former Lin Yu, the current Zhuang Yulin, and Zhuang Yulin's first master was Fu You!
So who was the real murderer who killed the Tang family? They searched around and around, and finally found out that it was Fu You!
The USB drive in his hand fell to the ground. Yue Lanjing's face was pale as a cadaver. He licked his equally pale lips and said, "Did you hear all this from Zhuang Yuling? Are you sure he didn't lie to you?"
Jing Ming knew that he would not be able to accept it all at once, and might even refuse to believe it later. "It was indeed Lin Yu who told me, but many things have also been verified by Xiu and I!"
Xiu had long suspected Fu You. For example, the person pretending to be Lin Yu in the video was actually a left-handed person. He used his right hand unnaturally, which quickly made people suspicious. In the end, he found out that Fu You was a left-handed person!
Although the things found out were disjointed, they were connected through speculation and basically matched what Lin Yu said.
When Jing Ming learned that Lin Yu was once Fu You's subordinate, he immediately contacted him, and he unexpectedly told the truth without any concealment.
It's clear that he feels guilty about Li Ao's death! If he didn't have his family to protect, he would have stood up and told the truth long ago!
He was extremely grateful to Li Ao for protecting him and not giving him up in the end. He decided to surrender to the police immediately after settling his family!
But who could it be that has revealed that Fu You is the murderer? Is it Lin Yu? Jing Ming is very confused.
"Mr. Jingming, I have always respected you, but from now on, please forgive me for not being able to stand on the same front with you," Yue Lanjing suddenly said expressionlessly: "I will definitely prove that you are wrong, Fu You is innocent!" After saying that, she immediately got up and left.
His reaction was within Jingming's expectations. Seeing him stumbling, Jingming was afraid that something might happen to him, so he took out his cell phone and contacted Guan Shaoling.
Yue Lanjing walked out of the hospital in a daze and walked on the street. He didn't apologize when he bumped into someone, and he didn't care if others bumped into him. His world was blank at this moment. He couldn't see or hear anything. He kept wondering in his mind how his father could be the murderer?
Why did Lian Jingming say that? Wasn't he the most impartial and fair person? Why did he make mistakes? His father was already very pitiful, so why did someone want to wrongly accuse him in the end?
If his father was the murderer, what did he have to endure and do over the years? Was it all wrong? Did he hate someone wrongly? Did he kill someone wrongly?
He'd mistakenly killed Xiaorou's father?! His father had already wronged her father, and instead of getting to the bottom of the matter, he'd killed her father?! So he'd been the one to fuel the flames of hatred between them! So she was the one who deserved revenge! So he was the one who deserved death... His emotions were growing increasingly agitated, his heart unable to bear the weight, and he finally collapsed on the side of the road.
Guan Shaoling found him in time and sent him to the hospital.
After waking up, he stared out the window blankly from day to night, and never said a word to anyone who came to see him.
Until Guan Shaoling said to him, "We've checked it out. It turned out to be Zhuang Yuling who sent people to spread the rumor! He's trying to shift the blame and drag you into this! What a despicable villain!"
"I want to see him! No one else can know about this!"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it! If he refuses, I'll tie him up and bring him here!"
"Try not to use violence if you can. If the media and the police find out, it will be very disadvantageous to us! Will they say that we are guilty, or that we are trying to silence us? In short, nothing can happen to that old guy recently, otherwise we will be the first suspects!" Yue Lanjing regained her composure and reminded him not to make it public.
What they didn't expect was that before they even made an appointment, Zhuang Yulin sent someone to arrange a meeting!
Afraid that Yue Lanjing would not come, Zhuang Yulin put out the bait and asked him if he wanted to see the evidence in his hand.
"What does this old guy want to do? I think it might be a trick!" Guan Shaoling said anxiously.
"It's not a possibility, it's a certainty!" Yue Lanjing narrowed her eyes slightly in thought and said, "Maybe he wants to negotiate a deal with me. If I am willing to let him go and not pursue the charge that he is Lin Yu, he will exchange the so-called evidence, which is the thing that slanders my father!" So even if there is a trap, he will go and set it!
The location is a very secret restaurant in the suburbs called "Can't Find Me"!
Jingming was still wondering whether the person who spread the rumors was related to Yan Mingchi, and then he thought of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao came.
It was already late at night, and Zhuang Youya suddenly appeared in his hospital office in a panic and at a loss.
"I'm sorry to bother you so late, but I have something to discuss with you and I don't know who to talk to. I used to look for Xiu and Rongxuan, but they are in this state now, so I really have no choice but to bother you!" She seemed to have encountered a big problem and came for help.
After learning that she was Yan Mingchi, Jingming wondered what she was up to. Who was she going to poison this time? He was anxious because Yan Mingchi seemed to be making another move, but he remained calm on the surface. "Don't be polite with me. Tell me anything. What happened? Why do you look so nervous?"
"I found this in my father's office." Zhuang Youya was holding a file bag in her hand. She opened it and handed a stack of documents inside to Jingming.
Jingming put on his glasses and looked carefully. This information was evidence that Zhuang Yuling was Lin Yu, the murderer of the Tang family! There was also a report on his mole removal.
There was surprise in Jingming's eyes. Zhuang Youya thought that he was shocked by the information. In fact, he didn't understand why the information would reach Zhuang Yulin?
These materials have clearly been taken control of by the police and have been brought back to the police station!
Rong Xuan had long revealed the basement near Puppet Villa, Yan Mingchi's hiding place. Police had been guarding the place for the past few days, moving items inside. How had Yan Mingchi managed to steal all this information without anyone noticing? Jing Ming didn't think anyone else besides him had the ability to get hold of it!
"Master Jingming, is my father really Lin Yu? Could he really be the murderer?" Zhuang Youya burst into tears.
Jing Ming secretly exclaimed that it was a wonderful performance. It was not the time to expose her yet, so he had to hand her the tissue and comfort her, "I will investigate this matter thoroughly, don't worry."
"I overheard the conversation between my father and others. My father thought that this was sent to him by Yue Lanjing, and the purpose was nothing more than to make him surrender to the police station. If he didn't surrender, Yue Lanjing would expose him! So he planned to ask Yue Lanjing to come out for negotiation. He said that the real murderer was actually Yue Lanjing's father! He was just an accomplice! If Yue Lanjing could agree not to hold him accountable, he would keep the secret to the death! But if Yue Lanjing didn't believe him, he would have no choice but to kill him to silence him!" Zhuang Youya was already sobbing, and she cried even more loudly when she said this, "Mr. Jingming, what should I do? I don't want my father to go to jail, but I don't want him to make the same mistake again, so I came to you, hoping you can stop him! Help him, make him change his ways, and thus reduce his guilt!"
Jingming was so shocked by her words that his heartbeat lost its original rhythm. What on earth did this guy want to do? What on earth did he want to do? Which of his words were true and which were false?
"Don't cry! You said your father made an appointment with Yue Lanjing. Do you know when and where they met?" Jing Ming asked calmly.
"I know. I heard they made an appointment tonight at 3:00 AM at a restaurant in the suburbs called Can't Find Me! I have a bad feeling. I'm worried that something might happen to my father. I'm afraid Yue Lanjing will kill my father in a rage!"
Jingming looked at the time. Oh no! If he rushed over now, would it be too late? No matter what, he couldn't delay any longer. Fearing that Zhuang Youya would play tricks, Jingming called many police officers to go with him.
Before leaving, Zhuang Youya entrusted him with one thing. Her sister Zhuang Gaoya had been missing for a few days, and she was worried that something might have happened to her!
Jingming thought that if someone else told him about this, he would think that Zhuang Gaoya had gone out to play, because she was playful by nature. But if the person who told him was Yan Mingchi, he would think that Zhuang Gaoya was very evil!
The "Can't Find Me" restaurant was indeed extremely hidden. If the owner hadn't given the route, no one else would have been able to find it. Yue Lan wondered when Zhuang Yulin opened such a weird restaurant.
When you step into the restaurant, you will find that there are more waiters than guests, and there is enough space between guests to keep their distance.
The waiter had been instructed in advance, and as soon as he saw Yue Lanjing, he came forward to lead the way and took him to a Japanese-style private room, saying that the people inside had been waiting for a long time.
But when they opened the box, it was empty. The waiter said that the person inside might have gone to the bathroom.
Yue Lanjing nodded and walked in. The waiter closed the door for him and left.
Yue Lanjing noticed a file bag on the table inside and believed it was brought by Zhuang Yulin. Could it be that the evidence he mentioned was contained in it?
No rush, let's wait until he shows up. But he waited and waited, and Zhuang Yuling still didn't show up. He couldn't help but wonder, did that guy just put down the file bag and leave? Was he going to let him read it himself? So Yue Lanjing opened the file bag.
The information inside was so shocking that he almost didn't have the strength to hold the paper. His face turned pale again. He was immersed in the content and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
It wasn't until a bang came from the cupboard next to him that he seemed to be awakened and looked over.
She couldn't take her eyes off the sight. Suddenly, a hint of red appeared on the white paper glass, gradually growing larger. Looking closely, she saw a shadow, as if something had fallen onto the cabinet door. It was broken, so red liquid was constantly leaking out... Seeing this, Yue Lanjing lost her composure. The more she looked at it, the more it looked like a person collapsed there.
Just as he was about to open it, he heard a lot of footsteps. The moment he opened the cupboard door, the door of the box was also opened.
A body fell at his feet! It was a body with a hole in its head. No! It could be called a corpse. The hole in its head was bleeding profusely. No matter how you looked at it, it was dead!
This scene was also seen clearly by a group of people who opened the door and came in. They thought that Yue Lanjing had killed someone and quickly handcuffed him.
There are handcuffs on them!
When Yue Lanjing saw her hands were handcuffed, she realized that the police had arrived!
But they came too quickly! It was as if they were here just to catch him! He realized that he had fallen into a trap!
Who could have set this up? It had to be Zhuang Yuling, after all, he was the one who asked him to come. But when he saw that the deceased was Zhuang Yuling, he was stunned! For a moment, he didn't know what was going on!
Jingming looked at Yue Lanjing being taken away by the police, and then at Zhuang Yuling being covered with a white cloth and carried away. His face was pale and ugly. His fists were clenched tightly, and his nails pierced into the flesh.
This was all planned by Yan Mingchi! He was the one behind all this! He was the one who killed Zhuang Yuling and then tried to frame Yue Lanjing. He was the fool who let himself be used, calling the police for Yan Mingchi, helping him complete the final step of his plan!
How hateful! He clearly wanted to help Yue Lanjing and Zhuang Yuling, but instead he helped Yan Mingchi!
Never forgive!
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